al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6615
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَلًّى عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ سَخْبَرَةَ قَالَ
مَرَّ رَجُلَانِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَهُوَ يُذَكِّرُ فَقَالَ «اجْلِسَا فَإِنَّكُمَا عَلَى خَيْرٍ» فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ قَامَا فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَنَا «اجْلِسَا فَإِنَّكُمَا عَلَى خَيْرٍ» أَلَنَا خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ عَامَّةً؟ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَّا كَانَ كَفَّارَةَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī
- ʿAlī b. Baḥr
- Muḥammad b. Muʿallá
- Ziyād b. Khaythamah
- Abū Dāwud
- Sakhbarah
✧ Two men passed by the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was sitting and reminding. He said: Sit, for you are upon good. When the Messenger of God ﷺ got up and his companions dispersed from him, the two stood and said: O Messenger of God, you said to us: Sit, for you are upon good. Is that for us specifically or for the people generally? He said: No servant seeks knowledge except that it is an expiation for what came before.
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